Category: Farm to Kitchen Table

What starting a cookbook club taught me

Photo by Sarah Walker Caron Starting a cookbook club in 2019 turned out to be the creative food-related outlet I…

January 7, 2020 4:17 pm

How to improve your kitchen sustainability in 2020

Let’s talk about waste. Specifically, let’s talk about how to waste less in 2020.  Image by congerdesign from Pixabay According…

December 31, 2019 1:14 pm

How running reinvigorated my son’s love of cooking

I gave him all the tools he needed to cook. My son, Will, started his life in the kitchen with…

December 17, 2019 3:21 pm

A strong local food system won’t happen overnight

Photo by Sarah Walker Caron My last column (“Our country is out of touch with our food system. Can we…

December 10, 2019 3:35 pm

Our country is out of touch with our food system. Can we shift the tide here in Maine?

To be honest, I didn’t want to learn more about the recent recall on romaine lettuce because I knew once…

November 29, 2019 9:00 am

Yes, you can have a home-cooked meal on busy nights and don’t let anyone tell you different

Several years ago, during a particularly busy time, we subscribed to a meal service that would send meals to the…

November 22, 2019 3:21 pm

Make your Thanksgiving budget-friendly and local this year

Thanksgiving can be pricey, can’t it? But it doesn’t have to be. Here’s how to enjoy a budget-friendly Thanksgiving this…

November 15, 2019 9:00 am

This has become the heart of my home

There's an area in my house where everyone congregates. And that's become the heart of our home. What's yours? Photo…

November 8, 2019 5:58 pm

I thought my second planting of peas failed. I was wrong … maybe.

A few weeks ago, I declared my second planting of shell peas a failure. And true to form, Mother Nature…

October 25, 2019 3:53 pm

What vegetable gardening taught me this year

We’ve reached that time in the season — the point where we bid goodnight to our garden beds and reflect…

October 18, 2019 4:10 pm

Apples are in season and there are so many ways to use them

Apples, apples everywhere! That’s how I’ve been feeling over the last week. My kids brought home two heavy bags from…

October 10, 2019 5:19 pm

I have a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes. Here’s how I’m using them.

Photo by Sarah Walker Caron Was it only a week ago that my fingers dug into the wet, warm soil,…

October 4, 2019 3:12 pm